The graduate nurse is preparing to take the NCLEX-RN® Exam. Which blueprint category is interpreted as having the highest percentage of test items?
a. Safe, effective care environment c. Psychosocial inte-grity
b. Physiological inte-grity d. Health promotion and maintenance
B
The area of physiological integrity makes up about 50% of the test plan. This is the area that covers basic nursing care and comfort, pharmacological and parenteral therapies, reduction of risk potential, and physiological adaptation. Safe, effective care; psychological integrity; and health promotion and maintenance will cover less than this.
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